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Almost back up to full swing

Everything is nearly back to the way it was before the server dive. All of the public issues should now have been sorted, but please let me know if you find any problems.

Server Issues

We are experiencing some server issues, please bare with us.

MassMail 2.0.0.0 Coming Soon

Soon I will be releasing MassMail V2. The new version has had a full overhaul. From Html editors, to better recipient handling MassMail V2 has it all.

Here is a taste of things to come.

Windows 7 – Dedication

I have created a section on the site for Windows 7. I plan to share the thing I have learned as I go with 7.

So far I am buzzing, I have even stopped using my Linux and OSX installations.

Check it out here

Windows 7: More Happy is coming..

More happy is coming!

That’s right the wait is almost over. Actually I have been running Windows 7 x64 and x32 on different computers now, one of which is a very low powered Elonex webbook with a via CPU and 1gb RAM, up to my main computer which has a Intel Quad and 8gb RAM. I will say this for sure. Windows 7 runs, and it runs well on any hardware period.

Interesting Find, free stuff..

Ok, I know you thinking its a scam.. Well it’s not a scam but you do have to fill in alot of crap to get points.
Heres how it works.

1. You sign up
2. You fill in forms for companies do research etc, register for trial, whatever.
3. You get points a few days after.

It does take some time to get enough points to get good free stuff, but long run it works.

PC: Sims 3 update error: i/o operation failed (attribute modification)

Ok, I have been getting this alot in our workshop. The PC game by EA (Electronic Arts), The Sims 3 does not update and gives the following error on Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.

Heres how you fix it…

1. Disable your antivirus/firewall (Kaspersky, Avast, Avg, Norton, Mcafee, Etc).
2. Now install that update.

It turns out that the way to old style patch system works that EA though so hard about using for the last 50 years, has problems with almost all security packages due to the way it changes files. Most security packages will detect that action as odd and protect the files being patched. Simply turning off your AV until the patch has completed will let you update your game.

On a side note, please remember to re-enable your protection after.

Code Snippet Bug

I have fixed the small bug in the code snippet plugin that prevented snippets showing correctly.

Resizing a Bitmap image with C#

I have written an example that shows how you can resize a Bitmap image using C#

View it here

Microsoft Windows 7 x64

Today I was brought a gift from a friend of mine, that works at a big name in PC manufacturers (The name of the company has been kept private).
He presented me with an OEM copy of Microsoft Windows 7 x64 sealed and untouched.

I decided to install the new OS on my Alienware Area-51 m9750 laptop.
My laptop has a pretty good spec, featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 CPU @ 2.00ghz, 4gb Kingston HyperX DDR2 RAM, Nvidia 8700M GT graphics and a Seagate 320gb 7200rpm hard drive to boot.

The installation of the OS was very fast. From format to desktop using only the supplied OEM disk, the system was up with about 30min.
In regards to drivers for my hardware, the only real device not detected by Windows 7 was my Bison integrated webcam. However the drivers for all my hardware where readily available from the manufacturers website for each of the components as required.
It looks like most manufacturers are getting prepped for Windows 7. Keeping in mind, that I have just installed the 64bit version of the OS, in comparison with Vista x64, finding drivers was no work at all..

Windows 7 once up, quickly found my Canon IP3000 printer and got connected to my wireless without any real help from me. The only thing I had to do was supply the password for my WiFi.

The boot time for the new OS from cold on my system is about 20 seconds without any additions from the clean installation. So to test the new system, the first thing I added once I made sure everything was OK, was anti virus.
For Windows 7, I chose to use Kaspersky 2010 Internet Security. The installation was a breeze, no errors, no messing, just in an done. The whole process seemed to take all of about 2 minutes to complete.
Once installed I rebooted the system and retested the boot speed. I was happy to find that the boot time remained unchanged and Windows was active and ready in no time at all.

More to come once I have time to fully play with the system.